Latest poll shows Spain heading for four-way electoral split

Spain continues to be set for a four-way electoral split, according to the latest opinion poll published in the country on Wednesday.

The poll, which was published by Cadena SER radio station, shows that the ruling People's Party (PP), the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), and the two recently formed formations, Podemos and Ciudadanos (Citizens), are within four points of each other.

The left-wing party Podemos leads the poll with 23.4 percent, although their popularity has dropped 4.1 percentage points over the last two months.

The ruling People's Party (PP) follows with 22 percent, although the party led by Mariano Rajoy has also seen its share of the vote decline by 2.6 percentage points since the turn of the year, while the PSOE remains stuck in third place at just 19.1 percent.

The big winners of the past two months are Citizens, whose support has climbed dramatically from 5 percent in January to 18.8 percent now and whose rise has hurt the PP given that 40 percent of those who now say they will vote for the party, voted for the PP in the 2011 general elections. Meanwhile, 28.6 percent of those who will now vote for Podemos voted for the PSOE three and a half years ago, while 24.2 percent of Podemos supporters say that in the last election they either abstained or returned a blank vote.

The poll continues to point to a hung parliament in the 2015 general election, which will be held in November or October, wherein electoral pacts will decide who forms the next government. Endit